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Psalms 140
Septuagint (Brenton, 1851) 140 compared with King James Version 141
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1A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee.
1Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.
2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about my lips.
3Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with men who work iniquity: and let me not unite with their choice ones.
4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
5The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
6Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
6When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
7As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave.
7Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
8For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God : I have hoped in thee ; take not away my life.
8But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
9Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling-blocks of them that work iniquity.
9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.